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• Witchfinder General | DVD | (01/09/2003) from £7.94   |  Saving you £-1.95 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Witchfinder General is one of those cult British films that, like The Wicker Man, seemed to herald a renaissance in the fortunes of the British film industry in the late 1960s and early 70s. With only his third film, director Michael Reeves displayed an assured grasp of technique and a confident ability to mix and match genres that marked him out as a homegrown wunderkind to rival the Spielbergs and Coppolas who were just graduating from film school across the Atlantic. Sadly, this promise remained unfulfilled as Reeves died suddenly, soon after completing the film, from a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs; Witchfinder General remains his only significant work Veteran Vincent Price is wonderfully cast as the titular witchfinder, Matthew Hopkins, whose bloody and usually sexually motivated persecutions across civil war-torn East Anglia are carried out with much relish, graphic fake blood and lots of screaming. Ian Ogilvy, an old school pal of the director's, is the upright new model soldier who swears vengeance against Hopkins for the rape of his betrothed (Hilary Dwyer, who in true Hammer Horror fashion gets to take her top off and scream a lot). Lascivious depictions of burning witches and gratuitous sex aside, what draws the viewer into the film is the setting as Reeves' camera roams lovingly across the East Anglian countryside. The opening-hanging scene, for example, depends strongly on location for its effect, and Ogilvy's quest for revenge takes on a John Ford-style Western aura in the director's hands. Perhaps not quite the masterpiece some seem to think it is, Witchfinder General remains a sturdy piece of distinctively British filmmaking. On the DVD: This disc allows the viewer to select the slightly extended "Export cut" of the movie, which has a little more graphic blood than the censored UK release, although the restored sequences are of markedly inferior quality. The anamorphic picture and mono sound are decent, even if too many murky nighttime scenes and badly dubbed actors' voices betray the film's restrictively low budget. The major extra is a documentary about the life and short career of Michael Reeves, while other fill-ups include text notes from critic Kim Newman, a music video, trailer, filmographies and stills. All in all, it's a welcome restoration of a genre classic. --Mark Walker

• We Still Kill The Old Way | Blu Ray | (26/12/2014) from £7.98   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When retired East End villain CHARLIE ARCHER is murdered by a feral street gang his brother RITCHIE returns to London from Spain to investigate. With the police investigation drawing blank after blank Ritchie decides to take the law into his own hands and bring his old school justice back to the streets of East London. Rounding up his old firm he leads a vigilante crusade against the vicious young criminals using every grizzly method at his disposal to find and punish his brother’s killers. They’re outgunned and outnumbered but this firm has never been outclassed yet!

• A Touch of Frost: Series 7, 8 and 9 | DVD | (04/10/2004) from £15.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (56.38%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Further investigations with garrulous detective Frost (David Jason)... Includes: Line Of Fire Benefit Of The Doubt and Mistaken Identity.

• The Green Man | DVD | (05/10/2015) from £8.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (122.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Meet Maurice Allington. This money grabber, alcoholic, letch and all round oddball is owner of the ‘quaint’ country inn, The Green Man. When he isn’t trying to bed them, he’s regaling his guests with tales of the ghosts and ghouls who haunt his hotel. The fun really begins when Maurice realises the phantoms are real – and they’re not playing his game. Part sex farce, part supernatural thriller, this ghost story will have you screaming…with laughter! Based on the 1969 satirical ghost story by Kingsley Amis and adapted by Malcolm Bradbury (The History Man, Eating People is Wrong) this BBC series won a BAFTA for Best Original Music. Albert Finney (Big Fish, Annie, Skyfall) takes the lead as the slimy Maurice alongside co-stars Josie Lawrence and Michael Hordern (Where Eagles Dare, Gandhi, Labyrinth).

• Mosquito Squadron | DVD | (05/05/2003) from £8.50   |  Saving you £4.49 (52.82%)   |  RRP £12.99

  World War II aviation buffs may quibble with the details of Mosquito Squadron, but they'll love it just the same. It's an average war movie, capably directed by Boris Sagal, who thrived in television before he was tragically killed by a helicopter rotor in 1981. At the peak of his post-Man from UNCLE success, David McCallum plays a melancholy RAF ace, leading his squadron of De Havilland "Mosquito" bombers on low-altitude strikes over Nazi strongholds in Germany and France. His ground-based dilemma involves the grieving wife of his best friend, a fellow pilot presumed dead but later discovered alive with other POWs held at a French chalet where the Nazis are developing advanced V-class bombers. The RAF employs bouncing "highballs" capable of penetrating difficult targets, and the rousing climax doubles as a rescue mission and treacherous bombing run. Explosive action compensates for predictable melodrama, and Rocky Horror fans will enjoy seeing Charles ("the Criminologist") Gray as a stuffy RAF Commodore. --Jeff Shannon

• Psychomania (BFI Flipside)(DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (26/09/2016) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Upon discovering a dark family secret Tom Latham (Nicky Henson), the leader of hell-raising teen motorcycle gang ˜The Living Dead', decides to take drastic measures to ensure his gang's superiority. Through his devil-worshipping mother (Beryl Reid), Tom makes a pact with Satan to ascertain the secret of immortality. Using this information he encourages his fellow riders to end their lives, safe in the knowledge that they'll soon return from the dead to invulnerably terrorise the locals. Packed with gothic tropes, black humour and eccentric performances (including George Sanders final screen role), Psychomania is a cult horror classic brimming with exciting action and fantastical mayhem. Extras: Newly remastered in 2K from the original negatives New interview with actor Nicky Henson Restoration featurette Fully illustrated booklet Cast and Crew: Director: Don Sharp (The Violent Enemy) Cast: George Sanders (All About Eve, Journey to Italy), Nicky Henson (Witchfinder General, Vera Drake), Beryl Reid (The Killing of Sister George, Smiley's People), Robert Hardy (All Creatures Great and Small, Sense and Sensibility) Awards and Reviews: 'A delirious zombie biker flick' (John Gammon, Radio Times) ˜Just about the blackest comedy to come out of this country in years' (Time Out)

• A Midsummer Night's Dream | DVD | (23/08/2004) from £15.35   |  Saving you £-2.36 (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  One of the best known Shakespeare comedies which blends romance fun confusion and fairies.

• Inspector Morse - Series 3 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This box set features the entire third series of the classic British Television drama Inspector Morse. Episodes comprise: 1. The Ghost In The Machine: Valuable erotic paintings are stolen from the stately home of Lord Hanbury and his disappearance is soon investigated by Morse... 2. The Last Enemy: A body is found in the canal and the only clue to its identity points to a connection with one of the Oxford colleges. When Morse discovers that intense riva

• Me Without You | DVD | (14/10/2002) from £6.70   |  Saving you £13.29 (198.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Sandra Goldbacher's intense drama of friendship and betrayal Me Without You was not especially liked by UK reviewers, but opened in the US to rave reviews. Carrying the relationship between two teenagers through their student days and into adulthood, it shows the more obviously charismatic Marina (Anna Friel) as parasitic on her more intelligent friend Holly (Michelle Williams) and then utterly devastated when Holly tries to break away (a brief epilogue shows them still involved years later). Best known for her role in Dawson's Creek, Michelle Williams (whose English accent is impeccable) gives a finely nuanced performance; Anne Friel runs the gamut from drug-induced stupor to malice to hysteria with a staginess that is only partly the character's. There are solid performances from Trudy Stiler as the neurotic ex-croupier mother who is part of Marina's problem and Kyle McLachlan as the oddly passive lecturer whom both seduce. The film is good on the passage of time--it has a fine eye for the fashion disasters of 1970s to 90s Britain--yet it's somehow disingenuous in its avoidance of emotional subtext. It's overly partial, too: Holly is obviously a stand-in for the writer-director. On the DVD: Me Without Your is presented in a widescreen visual ratio of 2.35:1 with Dolby 5.1 digital sound that gives full weight and intensity to a soundtrack which revisits a well-chosen selection of obvious and obscure tracks from the period. It has no extra features. --Roz Kaveney

• All Coppers Are... | DVD | (20/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  When three old acquaintances are thrown together after several years they are shocked to realize that they are looking at each other from different sides of the law.

• Midsomer Murders 2 | DVD | (10/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  This thrilling box set contains a further ten investigations for the two detectives DCI Barnaby and Sergeant Troy in a special gift box. Episodes Comprise: 1. Blue Herrings 2. Judgement Day 3. Garden Of Death 4. Destroying Angel 5. Electric Vendetta 6. Who Killed Cock Robin 7. Dark Autumn 8. Tainted Fruit 9. Market For Murder 10. A Worm In The Bud For synopses please refer to the individual products.

• There's A Girl In My Soup | DVD | (12/01/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Adapted from the long-running London West End comedy There's A Girl In My Soup stars Peter Sellers as a handsome 40-year-old TV personality and confirmed bachelor. However he didn't bargain for a lovely nineteen-year-old American girl named Marion (Goldie Hawn). The plot thickens with liberal helpings of exotic locations in France. Sellers and Hawn create an electric partnership in this romantic comedy from The Boulting Brothers.

• All Coppers Are... | Blu Ray | (28/02/2022) from £10.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two friends one a policeman and the other a criminal come into conflict in this tense, early '70s crime thriller starring Martin Potter, Julia Foster and Nicky Henson. With taut, gritty direction from Sidney Hayers and a hard-edged script from Z-Cars writer Allan Prior, All Coppers Are... is featured here as a brand-new High Definition remaster from original film elements in its original theatrical aspect ratio. p> Joe, Sue, and Barry meet at a wedding party and soon become friends. Sue falls for Joe, a policeman, but he is married and so she turns her affections to Barry who she soon finds out is a tearaway planning a warehouse robbery. Special Features Brand-new interviews with actor Wendy Allnutt, 1st assistant editor Jonathan Morris and stuntman Chris Webb Theatrical trailer Image gallery Limited edition booklet written by Adrian Smith

• Penny Gold | DVD | (16/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Oscar winning Jack Cardiff directs twisting British thriller in which a detective investigating the murder of a young woman makes a startling discovery. Veteran detective Matthews (James Booth) is determined to crack the brutal murder of a young woman. Her face has been badly battered but her body is identified by her identical twin, Delphi (Francesca Annis), towards whom Matthews feels a growing attraction. As Matthews' investigations take him deeper, he uncovers a plot to steal a priceles...

• Witchfinder General | DVD | (02/04/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  1645 sees England in the grip of a bloody civil war. The structure of law and order has broken down. During this climate of fear self styled witch hunter Matthew Hopkins tours the country preying on innocent victims in the name of the Lord. His name strikes fear into the hearts of superstitious people already terrorised by war. During his reign of terror Hopkins travels the country torturing and executing innocent people for personal gain after claiming to find evidence of witchcraft. Vincent Price gives an outstanding performance as the sadistic witchfinder in one British cinemas best horror films.

• Midsomer Murders - Dark Autumn | DVD | (11/10/2004) from £8.92   |  Saving you £8.07 (90.47%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Postman Dave Cutler is murdered on his early morning rounds in the tiny hamlet of Goodman's Land. The brutal killing rocks the community where WPC Jay Nash is more used to dealing with traffic cones than slashed throats. With WPC Nash's help Barnaby and Troy discover that the postman offered more than just a postal service to the female villagers - and that there are several jealous husbands or jilted lovers who might have wanted him dead. When a woman's body is found on the

• Midsomer Murders - They Seek Him Here | DVD | (09/06/2008) from £3.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (325.81%)   |  RRP £16.99

  From the top-rating ITV1 detective series based on the best-selling books by Caroline Graham a brand new investigation starring John Nettles (Bergerac) and Jason Hughes (This Life) They Seek Him Here

• A Touch Of Frost - Line Of Fire | DVD | (04/04/2007) from £2.82   |  Saving you £2.17 (43.50%)   |  RRP £4.99

  During Christmas, a local power station worker is burgled. Shortly afterward, he falls to his death in a mysterious accident. Then a young police detective, Tim Fox, is murdered. Frost wonders if Fox's death is really related to the large investigation he was working on to uncover a car theft gang. Frost continues to try to identify detective Tim Fox's killer. In addition, he tries to solve a series of pet shootings, for which he is eventually forced to seek help from a computer system run by a new junior WPC. His pursuit leads to a confrontation above a power station.

• Home To Roost - The Complete Third Series | DVD | (05/02/2007) from £12.13   |  Saving you £0.86 (6.60%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Henry Willows (John Thaw) is a middle-aged man in middle-management divorced from his wife for seven years and perfectly happy with the arrangement. Apart from his prudish and pernickety daily cleaner Enid (Elizabeth Bennett) he's alone and revelling in his solitude... However Henry's serenity is shattered when out of the blue his eldest child Matthew (Reece Dinsdale) arrives on his doorstep. It seems that Matthew is disenchanted with life at home because of his mum's new boyfriend. He wants to stay with his dad - for good. The truth of the matter is that he has been thrown out by his mum after she realised that Willows Jr. has too much in common with Willows Sr.! Episodes Comprise: 1. Human Interest 2. Success Story 3. High Spirits 4. The Real Thing 5. Crime Watch 6. Getting On 7. Paper Chase